Area Agri-Business Manager at Diageo

Purpose of Role:

• To engage growers, aggregators and farmer groups to produce high quality Sorghum, within the stipulated legal framework to comply with traceability and local sourcing requirements in order to meet the brewing requirements of EABL.
• To engage Barley and Seed Barley growers to supply high quality Maltable sorghum.  

Accountabilities

• Recruit adequate farmers and suitable land to ensure delivery of agreed sorghum and or malting barley quantities.
• Oversee the production process of grain sorghum to ensure that sorghum is produced within the stipulated legal framework and complies with traceability pillars in order to comply with the legal requirements currently in place.
• Advise the farmers on the best production techniques to achieve high yields and meet brewing quality requirements.
• Contract all growers, ensure that mandatory KYBP documentation is complete and minimize any potential exposure by the company in failing to comply with this.
• Carry out crop assessments, prepare crops reports, determine potential yields, to assist management determine adequacy or deficits, and make appropriate decisions.
• Recruit adequate harvesting contractors and transporters and supervise the entire harvesting and delivery process.

Qualifications and Experience Required:

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Science degree in Agriculture or a related field

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in cereal production plus exposure to one complete Barley/Sorghum growing season.
• Knowledge of cereal production is an added advantage.
• Knowledge on 1S0 quality management systems
• Knowledge on machinery involved in production operations like planting, spraying, and harvesting.